Exploring Los Angeles street dance culture. This is an experiment to share thoughts on this community which is rarely documented from a written perspective. Our intention is to share love for the culture and to further the dance.

Friday, October 23, 2009

Listen In: Chromeo's "Fancy Footwork"

We're back again with our weekly Listen In feature. And this time, it's on "Fancy Footwork" by Montreal-based Chromeo. The song's fast-paced, bouncy, and has a great hook with "two-step, two-step." The electrofunk duo has been around for a few years and their songs have popped up on playlists within the LA street dance community. But this funky synth team deserve to be heard regardless of the context because they get you grooving! (Photo above is from their Wikipedia entry.)

"Fancy Footwork" is worth a listen. You can see a video here of Chromeo playing that jam live: